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Mussoorie Highway Sees 10-km Jam After Landslide, Tourists Stuck For Hours
- Aug 12, 2026 21:04 pm IST
- Reported by: Kishor Kumar Rawat
Queues stretched nearly 10 kilometres, with even two-wheelers unable to squeeze through, and officials stopping movement altogether at several points as a safety measure.
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Licences Of 3 Domino's Pizza Outlets In Mumbai Suspended Over Hygiene Issues
- Aug 12, 2026 21:01 pm IST
- Reported by: Abhishek Sureshkumar Awasthi
- Edited by: Swastika Das Sharma
The three Mumbai outlets whose licences got suspended include - Vile Parle (West), Borivali (West), and R-City Mall, Ghatkopar (West). Additionally, the business licence of the Domino's Malkapur outlet in Satara's Karad was also suspended.
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Reappointment, Succession Plan: 5 Takeaways From N Chandrasekaran's Statement
- Aug 12, 2026 20:52 pm IST
- Edited by: Ejaz Ul Haq Bhat
In a statement, N Chandrasekaran explained why he decided not to seek reappointment as Tata Sons chairman and also highlighted reasons for resignation, group's succession plan and leadership transition.
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Over 7,000 minutes, Rs 175 Crore: Cost Of Monsoon Session Disruptions
- Aug 12, 2026 20:50 pm IST
- Reported by: Manoranjan Bharti
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
According to available figures, 7,023 minutes have been wasted in this session. Given that the Lok Sabha incurs an expenditure of approximately Rs 2.5 lakh per minute, Rs 175 crore has been lost so far.
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Woman, 42, Takes Car Out For Driving Practice, Drowns In Pond In Kolkata
- Aug 12, 2026 20:43 pm IST
- Edited by: Akash Majumder
As the car emerged from the water, the woman's body was found inside the car with her face towards the rear hatch and her legs near the steering wheel.
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Bottles Of Urine, 7,000 Tonnes Trash: Haridwar's Struggle After Kanwar Yatra
- Aug 12, 2026 20:38 pm IST
- Reported by: Kishor Kumar Rawat
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
Videos showed cleaners without gloves or masks removing bottles filled with urine, discarded clothes, and other items at Har ki Pauri in Haridwar.
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Air India Pilot Was Not Tested For Drugs Before Flight. What Rules Say
- Aug 12, 2026 20:24 pm IST
- Reported by: Tanushka Dutta
- Edited by: Prapti Upadhayay
Air India's Airbus A320, VT-EXO, operating flight AI2379 from Phuket to Delhi on August 4, experienced a sudden loss of altitude of around 300 feet during cruise. The aircraft subsequently stabilised and landed safely in Delhi.
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'Nobody Will Be Spared': Suvendu Adhikari On BJP MP's Netaji Remark
- Aug 12, 2026 20:23 pm IST
- Press Trust India
Speaking to reporters at the state secretariat 'Nabanna', Suvendu Adhikari said that nobody would be spared, regardless of their political status or official identity.
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Air India Pilot With Marijuana In His Bloodstream Was Also On Sleep Medication
- Aug 12, 2026 20:20 pm IST
- Reported by: Vishnu Som
- Edited by: Pushkar Tiwari
An Air India aircraft carrying 137 passengers and eight crew members from Phuket to Delhi had suddenly lost about 300 feet of altitude on August 4, injuring at least 24 people.
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Air India Downplayed Phuket Plane Failures With 'Turbulence'? What Documents Say
- Aug 12, 2026 20:18 pm IST
- Reported by: Vishnu Som
In Air India's first statement, it attributed the plane dropping 300 feet to "brief in-flight turbulence". Five hours later, in another statement it dropped the word turbulence, while downplaying the incident.
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13 Years, Questions On Character: Survivor Recalls Tarun Tejpal Case Trauma
- Aug 12, 2026 20:04 pm IST
- Edited by: Ashutosh Tripathi
The survivor, whose identity has been protected by law, was raped at 27 and says and it was then that she discovered what women have always known: "politics lives in the body".
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Brother Forced To Watch As Girl, 9, Raped By Neighbour In Madhya Pradesh
- Aug 12, 2026 19:28 pm IST
- Reported by: Anurag Dwary
- Edited by: Swastika Das Sharma
The survivor, a student of Class 4, was returning home with her elder brother, a Class 6 student. During this time, the accused, 21, stopped them and offered a ride home on his motorcycle.
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'Lungiwala' Remark Causes Uproar In Rajya Sabha, 'Dhoti' Reactions Follow
- Aug 12, 2026 19:11 pm IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
While the opposition MPs called this an attack on South Indian culture, Sushmita Dev clarified that she had not cast aspersions on any state's attire.
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After Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Rename Kerala As Keralam
- Aug 12, 2026 18:51 pm IST
- Press Trust India
The Kerala Assembly passed a resolution in 2024, urging the Centre to bring a law to change the name of the state to Keralam.
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Raiding Court Canteen To Razing Dawood's 'Palace': Officers Who Took On Power
- Aug 12, 2026 18:39 pm IST
- Reported by: Jitendra Dixit
- Edited by: Prapti Upadhayay
Since taking over as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) three months ago, Mundhe has put the state's entire food and beverage industry on edge.
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Monkey Skull Found In Passenger's Handbag At Delhi Airport
- Aug 12, 2026 18:22 pm IST
- Reported by: Mukesh Singh Sengar
- Edited by: Akash Majumder
During the pre-embarkation security check, CISF personnel spotted a suspicious object in the passenger's handbag, prompting a thorough inspection.
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Air India, Jaguar, Zudio: How Tata's Salt-To-Software Empire Kept Expanding
- Aug 12, 2026 18:15 pm IST
- Reuters
Tata Trusts, the group's charitable arm, owns about 66 per cent of Tata Sons, which controls more than 30 group companies in the Indian conglomerate.
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Himachal Man Throws 6-Year-Old Son In River After Argument With Wife, Surrenders
- Aug 12, 2026 17:47 pm IST
- Press Trust India
The accused was subsequently arrested and a search operation was launched in the river.
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AMU Student Found Dead In Hostel Room After Argument With Mother Over Phone
- Aug 12, 2026 17:35 pm IST
- Press Trust India
According to her hostel mates, the student had returned from Kolkata on July 28 and had appeared "disturbed" since then, Proctor Naved Khan said.
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After Air India Marijuana Row, Ministry Demands Dope Test Protocol Review
- Aug 12, 2026 17:26 pm IST
- Reported by: Tanushka Dutta
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
The existing norms for pilot dope-testing are based broadly in line with international standards, sources said. So the DGCA also needs to assess whether the existing framework needs any change.